Outliers

I recently read a book entitled Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell. It is an interesting book in which he tries to figure out what is really behind success and a successful person. When I say successful think Bill Gates, professional athletes and musicians, people along those lines. Essentially the conclusion he gets to is that yes there needs to be talent but if you don't work the talent it will not amount to anything. However, if you do try and improve in that area it will improve and you will succeed. Your rate of success is directly effected by how hard you work.

"Superstar lawyers and math whizzes and software entrepreneurs appear at first blush to lie outside the ordinary experience. But they don't. They are products of history and community, of opportunity and legacy. Their success is not exceptional or mysterious. It is grounded in a web of advantages and inheritances, some deserved, some not, some earned, some just plain lucky - but all critical to making them who they are. The outlier, in the end, is not an outlier at all."

It is a really interesting read and if you have a chance, I highly suggest picking it up :)